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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2001
Applicants:

James M. Vignoles, Aylesbury, GB;

Stephen Owen Hearnden, Milton Keynes, GB;

Robert Hugh Smithson, Cheltenham, GB;

Inventors:

James M. Vignoles, Aylesbury, GB;

Stephen Owen Hearnden, Milton Keynes, GB;

Robert Hugh Smithson, Cheltenham, GB;

Assignee:

McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/18 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system, method and computer program product are provided for prioritized network security. Initially, a set of policies is identified, where each policy has a condition associated therewith. It is then determined whether the conditions are met. Next, the policies are activated whose associated conditions are determined to be met. Such conditions represent a priority of the policy.


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